Comparison of Cooking Oil Prices in Jakarta-Bekasi: Is 1L Really Out of Stock?

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - Prices of premium branded packaged cooking oil are quietly on the rise. The Market and Basic Needs Monitoring System (SP2KP) of the Ministry of Trade (Kemendag) recorded that the price of premium branded packaged cooking oil stood at Rp21,712 per litre on Friday, 17 April 2026. Today, Monday, 20 April 2026, the price has risen 0.20% to Rp21,755 per litre. Compared to a month ago, on 17 March 2026, there has been an increase of about 2.44% from Rp21,237 per litre. Meanwhile, on 2 March 2026, the price of premium branded packaged cooking oil was Rp21,094 per litre. This means a 3.13% increase today, or two days since the US-Israel war launched an attack on Iran, triggering war and global turmoil up to now. Compared to the price of premium branded packaged cooking oil a year ago, specifically 21 April 2025, there has been a 4.22% increase from Rp20,875 per litre at that time. What about the actual conditions on the ground? From CNBC Indonesia’s observations, price increases for premium packaged cooking oil are evident in several modern retail outlets, both in Jakarta and Bekasi. However, for some brands, prices are much cheaper, either due to discounts or because the increase has not yet taken effect. Here is a price comparison in a minimarket in the Setiabudi area, South Jakarta, and in a supermarket located in Bekasi City, on Monday night, 20 April 2026: Cooking oil prices in Bekasi: - Tropical 1-litre bottle packaging: Rp21,500 - Filma 2-litre pouch packaging: Rp44,100 - Tropical 2-litre bottle packaging: Rp44,150, discounted from previously Rp44,450 - Sunco 2-litre pouch packaging: Rp44,600 Cooking oil prices in Setiabudi, South Jakarta: - At Alfamart: - Sunco 2-litre packaging: Rp46,300 - Tropical 2-litre packaging: Rp45,400 - At Indomaret: - Sunco 2-litre packaging: Rp47,000 - Bimoli 2-litre packaging: Rp45,500 Is 1-Litre Packaged Cooking Oil Really Gone? When trying to confirm cooking oil prices at both minimarkets in Jakarta, the employees met by CNBC Indonesia confirmed that the cooking oil price increase happened not long ago. Meanwhile, the Alfamart store employee revealed that 1-litre packaged cooking oil is currently out of stock. “Yes, all cooking oil prices are rising. The 1-litre ones are not available, but they have also increased, to around Rp23,000,” he said to CNBC Indonesia on site, Monday (20/4/2026). “It just rose recently…. Prices vary, but cooking oil prices are indeed rising,” he added. The Indomaret store employee met by CNBC Indonesia said the same thing. “Yes, only 2-litre ones are left, the 1-litre is out of stock. Yesterday it was Rp21,500 (1-litre packaging), but I don’t know now. Because all cooking oil prices are rising,” he said. “Cooking oil prices are indeed rising. I don’t know, maybe because plastic prices are up,” he continued. This condition differs from the supermarket outlet in Bekasi City. CNBC Indonesia found that at this outlet, premium packaged cooking oil, both 2-litre and 1-litre packaging, is widely available. With prices set variably.